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2006 General Information
2006 Program Information and Details

The International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology presents

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago, IL

2006 General Information:
· Target Audience
· Educational Objectives
· Brochure
· Welcoming Program

2006 Program Details:
· Program
· Faculty
· Pre-conference Workshops
· Paper Workshops
· Panels

The program for this 29th Annual International Conference on The Psychology of The Self explores what has transpired over the past 25 years in four distinct areas since Kohut last addressed this conference. We are delighted to have as guest participants: Jody Messler-Davies, Carlo Strenger, and Arnold Goldberg.

On Thursday, a day long Pre-Conference allows participants to choose morning and afternoon sessions that approaches the theme from different perspectives. Jeffrey Stern, Allen Kodish, Frank Summers, and Marcia Dobson present a panel on a therapeutic journey. George Hagman and Carol M. Press will lead a workshop on creativity, architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright. Estelle Shane and Lucyann Carlton will analyze methods of conceptualizing and clinically applying psychoanalytic theories of provision. Judith Pickles and Joye Weisel-Barth will help writers bring clinical and theoretical material to life on page. Allen Siegel will initiate an all-day basic Self Psychology class lecture. The morning courses will end with a panel of distinguished self psychologists, Marian Tolpin and Frank Lachmann considering the forward and leading edge transferences. In the afternoon, master class supervisions will be led by Shelley Doctors and Alan Kindler. Participants may also choose a workshop on contributions of child analytic treatment to the development of self psychology and adult treatment, led by Mark Smaller, Rosalind Chaplin Kindler, Jacqueline Gotthold, Iris Hilke, and Dorienne Sorter; or a workshop on application of psychoanalytic concepts to couples psychotherapy led by Carla Leone and David Shaddock. Margaret Amerongen, Margaret Baker, Myrna Orenstein, and Joseph Palombo will present a self psychological perspective on Learning Disabilities and their effects on adults and therapy. The Pre-Conference workshops will conclude with the exploration of contemporary self psychological concepts to termination of the therapeutic relationship.

The main conference begins with a Thursday evening program which will feature a rare film of Heinz Kohut discussing his thoughts regarding the need for a psychology of the self, and a keynote lecture delivered by David Terman that will provide a broad theoretical background to the four clinical panels to follow. Panel one, on Friday morning, will focus on the Selfobject Transference with James Fisch and Jody Messler-Davies as presenters, Susana Federici-Nebbiosi as moderator, and Amy Eldridge as case presenter. Panel two, on Friday afternoon, will analyze the Self with Richard Geist and Peter Buirski as presenters, and Ronald Bodansky as moderator. Panel three, on Saturday morning, will examine Interpretation with Anna Ornstein and Shelley Doctors as presenters, with Jill Gardner as moderator. Finally, panel four, on Sunday morning, will explore Forms and Transformations of Narcissism with Carlo Strenger and Frank Lachmann as presenters, with Estelle Shane as moderator.

Following the presentation of each of the first three panels, the attendees will break into small discussion groups to consider the presentations. The groups will be led by senior faculty. Twenty-four original paper and workshop sessions are scheduled, twelve on Saturday early afternoon and twelve on Saturday late afternoon. Issues of love, empathy, mourning, attachment theory, hope, and rage are just a few of the subjects to be presented.

The Kohut Memorial Lecture "Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology and Ours: Transformations of Psychoanalysis" will be delivered by Paul Ornstein and introduced by James Fisch.

The conference will end Sunday afternoon with a Plenary Summation by Judith Gus Teicholz.

2006 Conference Chair:
David S. Solomon, MD

2006 Planning Committee:
Amy Eldridge, James Fisch, Paul Fuqua (Paper Chair), Jill Gardner, Salee Jenkins, Sheldon Meyers, Susanna Federici-Nebbiosi, Caryle Perlman (Pre-conference Chair), Estelle Shane, Brenda Solomon, Dorienne Sorter, and David Terman

Thank you to the people who assisted the committee and contributed to planning of the conference: Peter Buirski, Marcia Dobson, Gail Elden, Elizabeth Feldman, Lucy Freund, Christine Kieffer, Sandra Kiersky, Lallene Rector, and Mark Smaller.

This conference is intended for psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, marriage and family counselors, and certified professional counselors. The conference is organized to facilitate maximum opportunity for questions, comments and dialogue between the audience and the presenters, allowing clinicians to engage in an extensive variety of topics relevant to the field of Self Psychology.

At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to:

• Enhance our understanding of such clinically related issues as: clinical impasses; creativity and innovation; facilitating self development.
• Explore and explicate the interrelationship of self, relational, and developmental theories.
• Learn about the application of self psychology to infant research, art and aesthetics, couple, family, and group treatment.
• Study the application of self psychology to diverse clinical populations, including trauma and terror victims, battered spouses, criminal offenders and children with learning disabilities.

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